Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,405, Aaron Eveleth, Mass.

SERVICE
Coneleth, Aaron
NUMBER _____
D 30.405
CONTENTS

10.959. Massachusetts
Aaron Eveleth
of Ipswich in the State of Mass, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't commanded by Col Jackson in the Spears line for 2 Years
Cont.
Inscribed on the Roll of Spears at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1833 and sent to Mrs. Sarah Lord Eveleth
Arrears to the 4th of May 1833 $240 — Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept — 60 — $300 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book No. Vol. 2, Page 21.

Aaron Queleth 1982
A. Queleth
Aaron Queleth

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourth day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Aaron Duleth , a resident of Essex , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That is to say In the month of March in the year 1777 he enlisted into the Continental army of the United States as a Sergeant in a company commanded by Capt. John Burnham, that belonged to Col. Michael Jacksons Regiment, John Brooks the late Governor of Massachusetts was at that time Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment, that he did military duty in said company and Regiment in the capacity of a Sergeant for the term of three years, under the command of the aforementioned officers, that in the year 1780 he received a regular written discharge signed at Westpoint by the said Col. Michael Jackson which he had in his possession for some time afterwards, and until the same was destroyed by fire,
That he is the same Aaron Duleth of Ipswich in said County of Essex who was placed on the pension roll under the act of March 18th 1818 and has been dropped therefrom on account of property, that he served in the continental army of the United States as above stated, that he is confident that sufficient proof of service and evidence of his claim to a pension under the late act of Congress first above mentioned together with his original pension certificate is to be found in the office of the United States Secretary at war, that he has not

not said pension certificate in his possession, — That when he first made application for a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818, he resided in that part of the said Town of Ipswich which is now incorporated into the town of Essex and that he now resides in said Town of Essex.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Aaron Egleth
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
E. H. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before

State of Massachusetts Essex County ss.
I Joseph Story 72 years of age do upon my oath testify and say that Aaron Coveleth of Essex in said County County of Essex did military duty as a Sergeant in the Revolutionary war in a Company commanded by Capt John Burnham, that belonged to Col. Michael Jacksons Regiment for the term of three years next ensuing the month of March in the year 1776 and that I belonged to the said Company and Regiment, and did Military duty with him during the term aforesaid in said Company.
Essex County ss      September 3d 1852      Joseph Story Subscribed and sworn to before Jonathan Story Third Justice of the Peace

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that [blank] who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in [blank] and that the said [blank] who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at [blank] and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Eustis for a pension. Also, that Jonathan
Story the third is a justice of the peace for said county, and his signature to the annexed affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September , A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Lord jr.

7359
Aaron Eveleth
March 1819 Std Entd
Not entered

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Aaron Eveleth of Essex resident in _____ in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7359 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Aaron Eveleth - _____ late a private "in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate "of eight - dollars per month, to commence on the sixth "day of April - _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth - _____ day "of March - _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real Estate
twelve acres of upland with buildings and ten acres of Salt Marsh } 940,00
twelve acres of pasture land - - -  180,00
ten acres of wood land - - - - -  80,00
Personal Estate
one yoke of oxen, five sheep, five cows, two swine.  104,00
one cart, one plough, three chains, one axe, one hoe, one iron bar - - - - - } 20,00
Two pine tables and two other tables, one old case of drawers, 14 chairs, 1 pot, one kettle, old knives & forks, crockery ware, stove, stoves, 2 pair of handirons - - - - - } 10,00
1334,00

Enlisted at Lexington battle in 1775 for eight months and served that term and first of Jan y . 1776 enlisted in Capt. Daniel Geddings Company which was selected to build and guard the Fort at Gloucester and served nine months, in March 1777 enlisted in Capt. John Burnham's Company & Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment for three years and served the whole of that time and was discharged. Was in the battles of Bunker hill, at the capture of Burgoyne & his army in several battles, and at the taking of Stoney Point.
Is aged sixty nine years unable to labour, has had an attack of the palsy & afflicted with the asthma. His wife Ann is aged sixty six. His family consists of himself and wife and two daughters both unable to support themselves.
Aaron Eveleth.
Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the said Aaron Eveleth made oath that the said Schedule & statement by him subscribed are true, before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Aaron Eveleth do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Aaron Eveleth.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Aaron Eveleth took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one thousand three hundred thirty four dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th — day of July — A. D. 1820.
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

Aaron Ewellth
Surgeon 2 years $120
Old case
8982
Mathe Lord Jr Exec Mas

BRIEF in the case of  Aaron Guelph  County of Essex  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     March In 1744 3 - - - - - Sergeant Sergeant Capt Burrougham Col. Jackson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Simsbury Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? — Traditional. one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attested agreeably to the regulations — the witness is not certified — nor the opinion of the court given — he was on the pension roll of 1818.  I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Gayton
Examining Clerk.

EVELETH, AARON (MASS.)
5-30405

Dear Sir  William of the 8 th Mass chusetts Regiment in the Service of the United States of America.
GREETING.
REPOSING especial Trust and Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do, by these Presents, appoint you 3 rd a Serjeant to the 8 th Massach ts Regiment & 6 Comp y in the Service of the United States;---you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant, by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging: And I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your Orders, as a Serjeant. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
under my Hand, at Arms
10 th Day of March 1777
Michael Jackson

30 405 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30,405
Aaron Euclid
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7359 4
Massachusetts
Aaron Eveleth
of Ipswich in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M Jackson of the Mass: line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of March 1819 and sent to Wm Wetmore Esqr Boston.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos 25 3 30.31: 87.69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48-
$ 135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter to claimants 24 April 1829.
See letter to claimants 24 April 1829.

3 3/4
Essex Mass March 11
paid 25
Post Office
18. Mar. 1829.
John Quincy Adams
Q. St. Washington
Hon. John H. Eaton of war of the united states City of Washington
(District of Columbia)
Sept 1829
Pension
2 3/4

John H. Eaton To the Honourable Peter B. Porter Secretary of war of the United States of America —
Aaron Eveleth now of the Town of Essex which was formerly a part of the Town of Ipswich in the county of Essex and state of Massachusetts, upon his oath respectfully represents to your Honour — That he enlisted into the army of the Revolution some time in the Month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven — and served in the army of the Revolution in the capacity of a Sargent in the sixth company, commanded by Capt. John Burnham which company belonged to the eighth Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson a full term of three years, — and that the aggregate income or yearly proceeds of my whole property estimating them at ten per cent upon its total value falls considerably short of a full yearly pension, — and that he is the identical Aaron Eveleth of said Town of Essex who drew a pension in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 for the term of two years; — and that he now is upwards of seventy seven years of age and by reason of sickness and infirmity he is unable to do any labour or business whereby he can gain any support or maintainance, —
Wherefore he prays your honour that he may be reinstated on the Pension roll. Aaron Eveleth
Essex ss. March 10 th 1829 Then the above declaration was duly and legally sworn to and subscribed by the above named Jonathan Story one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county of Essex. The following is a schedule and appraisal of the whole property of the above named Aaron Eveleth taken and made by us the subscribers, Selectmen & assessors of the above said Town of Essex, taken and made at his request. (vii).    A piece of land containing six acres with a small house & barn thereon  500. 00    a piece of grazing land containing eighteen acres appraised at  200. 00    a piece of Marsh Ground containing ten acres appraised at  137. 00    Total amount is eight hundred & thirty seven Dollars  837. 00  
Essex March 10 th 1829.
Francis Burnham } Selectmen & Elias Andrews } assessors of Lacharus Cogswell } the Town of Essex

I Joseph Story of the within mentioned Town of Essex a revolutionary soldier, do testify and declare that the within named Aaron Egleth served in the capacity of a Sargent in the war of the Revolution in the same company with me, (being the sixth company) commanded by capt. John Burnham belonging to the eighth Regiment commanded by col. Michael Jackson a full term of three years.
Essex March 10. 1829. Then the above declaration was duly and legally sworn to and subscribed by
the above named Joseph Story before me Jonathan Story third one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said county of Essex.
I Thomas Burnham of the within mentioned Town of Essex a revolutionary soldier, do testify and declare that the within named Aaron Egleth served in the capacity of a Sargent in the war of the Revolution in the same company with me (being the sixth company) commanded by capt. John Burnham belonging to the eighth Regiment commanded by col. Michael Jackson the full term of three years.
Essex ss March 10th 1829 Then the above declaration was duly and legally sworn to and subscribed by
the above named Thomas Burnham before me Jonathan Story third one of Justices of the Peace within and for said county of Essex.
Essex ss. March 10th 1829. Then the within named Francis Burnham Elias Andrews and Isaac Cogswell Selectmen and assessors of the within said Town of Essex personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the within schedule and appraisement by them made of the property of the within named Aaron Egleth is just and true according to their best skill and judgment, before me Jonathan Story third one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county.

N o 13. If said Aaron Duleth should be reinstated on the Pension Roll your honour is hereby respectfully requested to cause to be forwarded to him his Original Pension Certificate if in your office, otherwise a copy thereof.

Marion Eulith
2
Private Jackson Mass.
Aug 1 st 77 to 80
1 April 1818
See Note
Correct by R.H.
Correct
2

State of Massachusetts
I Aaron Eveleth - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the 18 th day of March in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of March in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty, being three years as a Private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain John Brumham's Company in Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line of the Army.
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid, being honorably discharged - and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty seven years. I have not any other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited, My discharge being lost thro' lapse of time. -
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Aaron Eveleth
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 14 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18 th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding here as vice
the abovenamed Aaron Eveleth and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court Wm. Wetmore